Paul Giéra (22 January 1816 – 26 April 1861) was a French Provençal poet.

Early life

Paul Giéra was born on 22 January 1816 in Avignon.Antonin Paul Louis Ange François Giéra
GeneaNet His father was Jean Baptiste Joseph Giéra and his mother, Marie Madeleine Marguerite Crillon.

Career

Giéra was the owner of the

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Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne (; oc, Gadanha) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2018, it had a population of 3,328. History The ''Félibrige'' was founded in Châteauneuf-de-G ...

. On 21 May 1854, he invited

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Frédéric Mistral Joseph Étienne Frédéric Mistral (; oc, Josèp Estève Frederic Mistral, 8 September 1830 – 25 March 1914) was a French writer of Occitan literature and lexicographer of the Provençal form of the language. He received the 1904 Nobel ...

, Théodore Aubanel,

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, Jean Brunet and Anselme Mathieu, where they founded the

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movement.Joep Leerssen, Ann Rigney, ''Commemorating Writers in Nineteenth-Century Europe: Nation-Building and Centenary Fever'', London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, chapter

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Death

He died on 26 April 1861 in his hometown of Avignon.

Legacy

The Collège Paul Giéra in Avignon was named in his honour. It closed down in 2009 due to lack of public funding.Unanimité surprise pour le collège Giéra d'Avignon
''Vaucluse Matin'', 27/09/2009 The Gymnase Paul Giéra in Avignon was also named in his honour.Mappy
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References

1816 births 1861 deaths Writers from Avignon 19th-century French poets French male poets 19th-century French male writers {{France-poet-stub